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- 見逃し配信【みのがしはいしん】
noun:
- missed-program webcast; webcast of a serialized TV show (after the TV broadcast); catch-up TV
- 心を決める【こころをきめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
- ペラペラ・ぺらぺら☆ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:
- fluently (speaking a foreign language) - onomatopoeia
adverb / ~と adverb:
- incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly - onomatopoeia
- one after the other (flipping through pages) - onomatopoeia
~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:
- thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy; weak - onomatopoeia
- 托鉢☆【たくはつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- monk's "begging"; religious mendicancy; asking for alms
- going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple) - Buddhism term
禅僧は新宿駅のあたりで托鉢しています。 Zen priests beg for alms near Shinjuku station.
- あほんだら・あほだら《阿呆陀羅》
noun:
- fool; oaf; airhead - Kansai dialect
- type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events [あほだら] - abbreviation ➜ あほだら経
- 奴さん【やっこさん】
pronoun:
- he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar
noun:
- samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
- type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
- 偏諱を賜う【へんきをたまう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism
- 家庭内離婚【かていないりこん】
noun:
- in-home separation; quasi-divorce; marriage that has broken down but where the wife and husband still live together without getting a divorce
- 男装☆【だんそう】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:
- disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing ➜ 女装【じょそう】
- 小競り合い☆【こぜりあい】小競合い・小ぜり合い Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy
- squabble; quarrel; brief argument; exchange of words
国境問題での小競り合いから重大な国際紛争へと広がりました。 A small border dispute ballooned into a major international incident.
- アバンタイトル・アヴァンタイトル・アバン・タイトル・アヴァン・タイトル
noun:
- material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc. - From English "avant title"
- 願人坊主【がんにんぼうず】
noun:
- priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
- 浮人形【うきにんぎょう】
noun:
- plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath - obscure term
- 小三元【しょうさんげん】
noun:
- little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term
- 持ち込む★【もちこむ】持ちこむ・持込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in
- to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations ➜ 尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむ】
- to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
乗客は一定量の荷物を機内に持ち込むことができる。 Passengers can take a certain amount of baggage on the airplane.
- 太保【たいほう・たいほ】大保
noun:
- Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
- Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 右大臣
- 影響★【えいきょう】 Inflection
noun:
- influence; effect
~する noun:
- to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on
- 結局★【けっきょく】
adverb:
- after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually
noun / ~の noun:
- conclusion; end ➜ 結局のところ
noun:
- end of a game of go, shogi, etc. ➜ 終局
- 局面★【きょくめん】
noun / ~の noun:
- position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
- aspect of an affair; situation
- 出る所に出る【でるところにでる】出るところに出る Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)
- コンパニオン☆
noun:
- promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); booth babe
- hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.)
- companion - orig. meaning
- お百度【おひゃくど】御百度
noun:
- hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
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